According to comScore, Google Android’s share in the smart phone market almost doubled between Q4 2009 and Q1 2010, indicating the proliferation of Android-powered phones in Christmas stockings last year. Indeed, traffic from Android devices to the mobile version of Apartments.com (where I work) saw a similar spike during the month of January alone. Here’s comScore’s breakdown:

1. RIM (Blackberry): 42.1 percent, up 1.3 percent

2. Apple: 25.4 percent, down 0.1 percent

3. Microsoft: 15.1 percent, down 4 percent

4. Google: 9 percent, up 5.2 percent

5. Palm (NSDQ: PALM) 5.4 percent, down 1.8 percent

The rant here, though, is directed at RIM. Blackberry continues to dominate in smart phones, yet their app and browsing experience are so shoddy. And, thus, they are missing out on the tremendous opportunity that mobile browsing and app development presents. In the end, that hurts all of those consumers who use Blackberries and content providers trying to reach them.

Please, RIM, put a little more effort into the browsing and app store and let your channel flourish as it should.

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